A National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has insisted that the crises
between herdsmen and farmers in some states were not caused by religious or
political differences.

He identified water scarcity as
one of the reasons behind the protracted clashes.

Tinubu said this in Abuja on
Monday at a national summit on conflict resolution organised by The Nation and
TV Continental, themed: ‘Towards an Enduring Peace.’

Tinubu, who was represented by an
Executive Commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Sunday Dare,
explained that the desertification in most parts of the North had caused
herders to move southward with their cattle in search of greener pastures
contrary to insinuations.

He Said, “An acutely thirsty man
remembers neither Bible nor Quran very well until his thirst is quenched. Dire
need often pushes a man to behave as if bereft of compassion for a person in
equally dire circumstance.

“No doubt the problem has
exacerbated during the past decade. We must assume climate change plays a
role.”

Speaking on solutions to curb the
herdsmen crisis, Tinubu urged the federal government to shift from traditional
nomadic existence.

The former Lagos state Governor
urged the government to immediately convert unused land to grazing routes as
this will curb incessant clashes between farmers and herdsmen.

“The government must help herders
gradually shift from their traditional nomadic existence to a more static
lifestyle. We have to face the reality that modernity is making the nomadic way
counterproductive and inefficient.

“Unoccupied, isolated land can
quickly be turned into grazing areas in the affected states. In the long run,
this will enable herders to better maintain their livestock and thus their own
livelihood,” he added.

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Is Tinubu not a part of this present administration?He would have talk to PMB before now,Does he Tinubu know the number of innocent people killed by herdsmen? He wants to profer solution after the death of so many innocent citizens.People who want to live by the blood of innocent poor people will die one day whether they like it or not.